News from the Medina group…
Sonika receives first place in the Engineering category at the 2024 Undergraduate Exhibition!
The Medina lab congratulates Sonika Kohli for receiving first place in the Engineering category...
Michael’s work featured on Penn State News!
Michael’s paper on synthetic colonic mucosal materials is featured on Penn State News!...
Sonika receives a presentation award at ABRCMS 2023!
The Medina lab congratulates Sonika Kohli for being named Outstanding Presentation Awardee at...
Inhye’s work featured on NSF News!
Inhye’s paper on the labeling of macrophage immune cells with nanoemulsions to enable in situ...
Michael Receives an Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Engineering!
Michael Miller, Ph.D. student in the Medina lab, receives the Louis S. and Sara S. Michael...
Luis Receives Villforth Graduate Scholarship in Bioengineering!
Luis Rivas Baguer, graduate student in the Medina lab, received the prestigious John C. and...
Atip defends his thesis and becomes Dr. Lawanprasert!
Atip completed both his undergraduate and graduate studies in the Medina lab, and on Friday...
Atip Receives Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award!
Atip is named an Alumni Association Dissertation Award recipient, one of the most prestigious...
Sopida receives the Edmund and Virginia Hunsicker Collins Biology Research Scholarship Award!
Sopida receives the Edmund and Virginia Hunsicker Collins Biology Research Scholarship Award in...
Atip’s work in Small Highlighted!
Atip’s paper on the design of heparin-peptide hybrid biomaterials is featured on Penn State...
Sopida receives the Eberly College of Science Undergraduate Research Award!
Sopida receives an award from the Penn State Eberly College of Sciences to support her on-going...
The Medina Lab present their work at BMES 2022!
Michael, Atip, and Sopida from the Medina lab presented their work at the 2022 Biomedical...
Sopida presents her work at the International Conference of Undergraduate Research.
Sopida is selected for a virtual oral presentation on her research work at the International...
Sopida receives the Data Learning and Visualization award!
Sopida receives the Data Learning and Visualization award from the Penn State Libraries. The...
Sopida receives the The John Sr. and Kimlyn Patishnock award!
Sopida receives the The John Sr. and Kimlyn Patishnock Undergraduate Research Award: Excellence...
Sopida receives the Erickson Discovery Grant!
Sopida receives the Erickson Discovery Grant from the Penn State Undergraduate Research and...
Atip receives the STAR Award!
Atip receives The Student Travel Achievement Recognitions (STARs) award from the Society for...
Atip’s work in Biomacromolecules highlighted!
Atip’s paper on the design and validation of COVID-19 mimetic particles as a new inhalable...
Crowley-Medina Join Forces with Support from the Benkovic Research Initiative!
We are thrilled for the opportunity to team up with the Crowley lab to study new methods for...
Janna’s work in Adv. Functional Materials Highlighted!
Janna's article on the design of self-assembled thin films for water purification is featured...
Janna’s work in Adv. Healthcare Materials Highlighted!
Janna's paper on the development of contrast-agents for enhanced imaging of blood clots is...
Janna Defends her Thesis, Joins Regeneron Pharmaceuticals!
Janna entered the Medina lab as Janna Sloand and leaves as Janna Sloand Halloran, Ph.D.! ...
The Medina lab says goodbye to Dr. Simonson
Dr. Andrew Simonson (the Medina group's very first Ph.D. student!) celebrates his graduate...
Janna received EESL Green Award
Janna Sloand has received the Penn State Energy and Environmental Sustainability Laboratories...
Janna’s paper featured on the cover of Peptide Science!
Janna's review article on the use of fluorine-containing amino acids to construct adaptive...
Anti-tuberculosis Work Highlighted!
Our work on rationally designing peptide therapeutics to target tuberculosis bacteria has been...
Scott interviewed for Gizmodo Article
Scott Medina was recently intereviewed by Gizmodo for an article on the drug-resistant bacteria...
New Paper in Nature Biomedical Engineering!
Andrew's paper describing his development of a new antibacterial compound targeting M....
Andrew Successfully Defends his Thesis!
Andrew Simonson becomes Dr. Andrew Simonson after passing his thesis defense with flying...
Andrew Simonson Presents at the 2020 American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting
Andrew gave an oral presentation at the virtual ASTMH meeting, discussing his recent work on...
Janna Sloand Receives Poster Award at CAV Annual Workshop 2020
Janna Sloand presented her work, "Ultrasound-Sensitive Nano-peptisomes as...
Scott receives a 2020 CMBE Young Innovator award!
Thank you to the BMES, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering group for the award, and for...
Janna Sloand Presents at the 2020 Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting
Janna Sloand gave a virtual talk on her work at the 2020 Controlled Release Society Annual...
Scott receives Young Investigator award from the Controlled Release Society!
Thank you to the CRS - Bioinspired and Biomimetic Delivery (BBD) group for this wonderful...
Protein Delivery Work Highlighted
Our work on ultrasound-guided protein delivery in tissues has been highlighted by Penn State...
Matthew Aronson receives NSF GRFP!
Matthew Aronson has recently been named a recipient of the National Science Foundation -...
Matthew Aronson and Bailey Klein defend honors thesis
Congratulations to Matthew Aronson and Bailey Klein, who both successfully defended their...
New Paper in ACS Nano!
Janna's paper describing a new method for ultrasound-guided intracellular protein delivery has...
New Paper in PLoS One!
Atip's paper on anticancer lectins has been accepted for publication in PLoS One, titled:...
Matthew Aronson conducts summer research in Germany
Matthew Aronson completes his global research experience at the Technical University of...
Matthew Participates in Penn State’s Global Fellows Program
Matthew Aronson shares his experiences studying at the National University of Singapore during...
Scott Medina receives NSF CAREER Award
Supported by a new National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career (CAREER) award, the Medina...
New Paper Accepted in Biomaterials!
New paper titled: "Identification of a Mechanogenetic Link between Substrate Stiffness and...
Janna Sloand receives Best Presentation Award at 2018 MRS Meeting
Janna Sloand receives 'Best Presentation Award' for her talk at the 2018 Materials Research...
Medina group presents at the 2018 MRS Meeting in Boston
Andrew Simonson and Janna Sloand give a seminar on their work at the 2018 Materials...
Medina group presents our work at Materials Research Day
Three members of the Medina group, including Janna Sloand, Andrew...
Janna presents her work at Cancer Research Day
Janna Sloand, graduate student in the Medina group, presents her research project at the Penn...
Scott Medina and Matthew Aronson Present at BMES 2018
Dr. Scott Medina and undergraduate scholar in the Medina group, Matthew...
New Paper Accepted in Nanomedicine!
Andrew's paper on peptide-polysaccharide nanogels has been accepted for publication in...
New Paper in Acta Biomaterialia!
Matthew and Andrew publish their co-authored work in Acta Biomaterialia, titled...
